Barnstaple, Trinity Church And The River Taw 1935

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Holy Trinity Church overlooks this tranquil river scene. Billy Moore's Boat Station - across the water - was built on a raft which floated up and down with the tide. You could hire rowing boats there, and at one time it was where Barnstaple Rowing Club had its base.

Memories of Barnstaple

I'm fairly confident that the people below occupied the properties at that time;
No 1 - The Vicar of St Marys' Magdelain in Bear Street, he lived on his own, a short, dark and mysterious man with bushy eyebrows.
No 2 - Occupied by the Burges's and also owned [or rented] a walled plot of land just opposite.
No 3 - ...Read full memory

As my fourteenth birthday hove into view and we entered the summer of 1939 it became clear that we could soon be at war with Germany. Bushey Heath was just fifteen miles north-west of central London. My parents felt I should be out of the way of the expected bombing raids, so they sent me, not ...Read full memory

This picture has particularly fond memories as on the immediate right is Darks the Jewellers' shop, where I started my first job as an apprentice. The window immediately above the sun blind is the watch repairer's workshop. Two doors away is Timothy Whites, a name long gone from our High Streets.

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